Cast

Daniel Olbrychski

1945

Active years (films on this site)

1969–1999

Genres

DramaHistoryWarRomanceMusical

Schools and movements

Polish CinemaContemporary European Art CinemaNew German CinemaBalkan Cinema

Directors worked with

Andrzej Wajda3 filmsMiklós Jancsó1 filmVolker Schlöndorff1 filmClaude Lelouch1 filmLordan Zafranović1 filmMargarethe von Trotta1 filmNikita Mikhalkov1 film

Biography

Daniel Marcel Olbrychski is a Polish film and theatre actor who is widely considered one of the greatest Polish actors of his generation. He appeared in 180 films and TV productions and is best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies including The Promised Land, playing Kmicic in Jerzy Hoffman's The Deluge and starring in multiple European and American movies.

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Awards and honours

International

• Knight of the Legion of Honour 1986
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎ 1991
• Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1998
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2003
• Pushkin Medal 2007
• Stanislavsky Award 2007
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

National / local

• Zbigniew Cybulski Award 1969
• Gold Cross of Merit‎ 1974
• Golden Medal for Merit to Culture 2006
• Badge of Honor “Merits for Mazovia” 2024

9 films on this site

1. Everything for Sale 1969 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
2. Agnus Dei 1970 · Miklós Jancsó · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
3. The Promised Land 1975 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
4. The Tin Drum 1979 · Volker Schlöndorff · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
5. Les Uns et les Autres 1981 · Claude Lelouch · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
6. The Fall of Italy 1981 · Lordan Zafranović · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
7. Rosa Luxemburg 1986 · Margarethe von Trotta · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
8. The Barber of Siberia 1998 · Nikita Mikhalkov · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
9. Pan Tadeusz 1999 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 6.1 · Cast